#2141: Friday, August 31

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Post 2141
- 7 years and 243 days since I started this blog -

  

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      203.1 lbs.

Previous Weight (8/30/18):           203.1 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 0.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

I think my theory is right: There's now way I could eat that Chinese food (which was untypically good for Chinese takeout) and a half pound of cheese at one in the morning and not gain weight if my thyroid hormone levels weren't right.

Food Log

Breakfast
4:00pm: Prosciutto and eggs sandwich (on buttered Ezekiel 4:19 Flax toast).

Lunch
9:30pm: Two Quest bars.

Dinner
12:45am: Prosciutto, brussel sprouts with herbs and olive oil, and a 65% dark chocolate bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 54+ oz.; 

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#2140: Thursday, August 30

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Post 2140
- 7 years and 242 days since I started this blog -

  

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      203.1 lbs.

Previous Weight (8/29/18):           203.4 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 0.3 lbs.

Diet Comment

I have a new theory about my sudden weight-gain yesterday: Low thyroid hormone. I realized this morning I had skipped my first-thing-in-the-morning synthroid. I bet my weight comes down at tomorrow's weigh-in.

Food Log

Breakfast
6:00pm: Purple-green protein smoothie with home-made almond milk, kefir, large organic egg, chia gel, blueberries, kale, spinach, celery, whey powder (24g protein), coconut oil, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, moringa leaf powder, fo ti, cinnamon, turmeric, vanilla extract, Dr. Gundry's Vital Reds and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch
9:00pm: Chinese takeout: vegetable egg foo yung and vegetable fried rice.

Dinner
12:45am: Dubliner cheese, walnuts, and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 22 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 64+ oz.; 

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#2139: Wednesday, August 29

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Post 2139
- 7 years and 241 days since I started this blog -

  

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      203.4 lbs.

Previous Weight (8/28/18):           202.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       + 1.4 lbs.

Diet Comment

I think this bad performance can only be due to late-night high-calorie eating. I think that because I was 100% on-plan as far as what I ate, but my huge dinner, with high-glycemic vegetables and a lot of fatty protein seems likely to be what did me in.

Food Log

Breakfast
6:00pm: Purple-green protein smoothie with home-made almond milk, kefir, large organic egg, chia gel, blueberries, kale, spinach, celery, whey powder (24g protein), coconut oil, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, moringa leaf powder, fo ti, cinnamon, turmeric, vanilla extract, Dr. Gundry's Vital Reds and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
12:45am: Dubliner cheese on buttered Ezekiel 4:19 Flax bread, cottage cheese, and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 22 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 64+ oz.; and a shot of Jameson's Irish whiskey

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#2138: Tuesday, August 28

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Post 2138
- 7 years and 240 days since I started this blog -

  

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      202.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (8/27/18):           202.7 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 0.7 lbs.

Diet Comment

I'm back on track, with immediate positive results.

Food Log

Breakfast
4:20pm: Salmon salad (wild-caught salmon, celery and homemade mayonnaise) and a chopped salad with cabbage, kale, spinach, walnuts, shaved parmesan cheese, a hard-boiled egg and balsamic vinaigrette.

Lunch
7:00pm: A Quest bar.

Dinner
12:40am: Carrots and mayonnaise, prosciutto and steamed brussel sprouts with olive oil, and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 74+ oz.; and a shot of Jameson's Irish whiskey

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#2137: Monday, August 27

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Post 2137
- 7 years and 239 days since I started this blog -

  

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      202.7 lbs.

Previous Weight (8/24/18):           199.9 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       + 2.8 lbs.

Diet Comment

What a weekend! It's good that I checked in with a low weight Friday, because Saturday and Sunday resembled my old cheat day eating habits. Because of that, I'm very happy to still be below the trendline. (I confess, a considerable amount of the willpower and common sense I usually take for granted was destroyed by drugs I took this weekend). So it goes.

Food Log

Breakfast
3:20pm Sauteed kale-spinach-onions-prosciutto-parmesan cheese and eggs.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
12:20am: Carrots and mayonnaise, and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 12 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 46+ oz.; and a nice pour of Jameson's Select Cask-Mate Irish whiskey.

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#2136: Friday, August 24

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Post 2136
- 7 years and 236 days since I started this blog -

  

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      199.9 lbs.

Previous Weight (8/23/18):           200.1 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 0.2 lbs.

Diet Comment

A great week, weight-wise: I lost weight every day, including Monday. I don't know if this has happened even one time since I started working on maintenance in July, 2011. But now it's happened, and here I am, more than seven years later, under 'goal' weight. Happy dance!

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch
7:15pm: Salmon salad: Salmon, mayonnaise, cabbage, celery, chard, kale, spinach, walnuts, a hard-boiled egg, and balsamic vinaigrette.

Dinner
12:20am: Prosciutto and Dubliner cheese, carrots and mayonnaise, and a Quest bar with cottage cheese.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 54+ oz.; 

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#2135: Thursday, August 23

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Post 2135
- 7 years and 235 days since I started this blog -

  

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      200.1 lbs.

Previous Weight (8/22/18):           201.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 0.9 lbs.

Diet Comment

My fourth consecutive weight losing weigh-in. My weight typically bounces around within a given week, but this week it's been all losses. I don't know if that's a record, but I am very happy.

Food Log

Breakfast
5:15pm: 

Brussels sprouts with eggs, prosciutto, Dubliner cheese and hemp seeds

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
1:20am: Carrots and mayonnaise and a Quest bar with cottage cheese.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 22 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 54+ oz.; 

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#2134: Wednesday, August 22

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Post 2134
- 7 years and 234 days since I started this blog -

  

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      201.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (8/21/18):           202.1 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 1.1 lbs.

Diet Comment

I'm feeling very positive about this week's weight-loss trend. I'm hoping that today's loss can be maintained.

Food Log

Breakfast
2:50pm: Purple-green protein smoothie with home-made almond milk, kefir, large organic egg, chia gel, blueberries, kale, spinach, celery, whey powder (24g protein), coconut oil, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, moringa leaf powder, fo ti, cinnamon, turmeric, vanilla extract, Dr. Gundry's Vital Reds and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch
8:45pm: Turkey sandwich (roast turkey breast, Ezekiel 4:19 Flax bread, lettuce, homemade mayonnaise).

Dinner
1:20am: Carrots and mayonnaise and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 22 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 64+ oz.; 

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#2133: Tuesday, August 21

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Post 2133
- 7 years and 233 days since I started this blog -

  

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      202.1 lbs.

Previous Weight (8/20/18):           202.7 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 0.6 lbs.

Diet Comment

I am pleased with this result, and hope to keep the loss coming.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch
7:15pm: Purple-green protein smoothie with home-made almond milk, kefir, large organic egg, chia gel, blueberries, kale, spinach, whey powder (24g protein), coconut oil, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, moringa leaf powder, fo ti, cinnamon, turmeric, vanilla extract, Dr. Gundry's Vital Reds and stevia-inulin blend.

Dinner
11:35am: Egg salad with smoked salmon and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 0;   Coffee: 22 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 56+ oz.; 

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#2132: Monday, August 20

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Post 2132
- 7 years and 232 days since I started this blog -

  

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      202.7 lbs.

Previous Weight (8/17/18):           204.1 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 1.4 lbs.

Diet Comment

I think of coming off any weekend with a loss as a minor miracle. I'm usually out and about, semi-forced to eat restaurant food (deadly to weight loss, for the most part) with lots of alcohol included. Not this weekend! Total win, as far as I'm concerned.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch
8:15pm: LEO (lox, eggs and onions) with a slice of Ezekiel 4:19 Flax toast and guacamole, and steamed brussel sprouts with olive oil.

Dinner
1:15am: A Quest bar and cottage cheese.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 12 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.; 

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#2131: Friday, August 17

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Post 2131
- 7 years and 229 days since I started this blog -

  

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Aretha died today.

I remember the first time I heard her. I was hanging out with Tom Jones, my high school best friend who introduced me to Soul music.

Although I had heard and liked her music before Respect came out, it was that record that made me a lifelong fan.

When it was announced she was dying, I felt bad. Today, when I found out she was dead, I experienced a flood of emotions. As I played her songs, I began to grieve. When I saw her performance at Kennedy Center, I cried from the moment she takes the stage to the standing ovation at the end. It was cathartic.

For fifty years her music moved, inspired, entertained and informed me. Among the singers I love most, hers was the greatest voice.

She had a unique place in my life.

I will always be grateful for the gifts she gave me: She helped define music for me, and showed me its power like nobody else. RIP, Aretha.

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      204.1 lbs.

Previous Weight (8/16/18):           202.3 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       + 1.8 lbs.

Diet Comment

I thought my weight loss over the last few days was a little extreme, and I guess after a day of normal, on-plan eating a correction could be expected. Here is is. Still, a good recovery from the excess of last weekend, and this one-day gain could be due to nothing more than forgetting to take my thyroid hormone replacement (which I did on Thursday).

Food Log

Breakfast
3:10pm: LEO (lox, eggs and onions) with a salad (Spring Mix, spinach, red cabbage, walnuts, shaved parmesan and balsamic vinaigrette).

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
1:00am: Pasta salad, corn chips, popcorn, Oreos, cheese and crackers.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 12 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.; 

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#2130: Thursday, August 16: RIP Aretha Franklin

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Post 2130
- 7 years and 228 days since I started this blog -

  

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Aretha died today.

I remember the first time I heard her. I was hanging out with Tom Jones, my high school best friend who introduced me to Soul music. We were at his parents house, hanging out with some of his friends, listening to music. We were just goofing around, and this record came on, and it eclipsed everything going on in that moment.

I don't remember which song. But it was Aretha, and I had never heard anyone sing like that before.

When Respect came out, it was that record that made me a lifelong fan. It also widened my ideas about Soul music.

When it was announced she was dying, I felt bad. Today, when I found out she was dead, I experienced a flood of emotions. As I played her songs, I began to grieve. When I saw the video of her performance at Kennedy Center, I cried from the moment she takes the stage to the standing ovation at the end. It was cathartic.

For fifty years her music moved, inspired, entertained and informed me. Among the singers I love most, hers was the greatest voice. I also learned something about songs from Aretha: Any song can be re-imagined to make it your own, to say something about you, if you have found some personal meaning in it.

She had a unique place in my life.

I will always be grateful for the gifts she gave me: She helped define music for me, and showed me its power like nobody else. RIP, Aretha.

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      202.3 lbs.

Previous Weight (8/15/18):           204.8 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 2.5 lbs.

Diet Comment

There you have it. A lot of this loss is water-weight due to yesterday's very low-calorie intake (and possibly slight dehydration, thanks to an extremely sweaty outdoors gig from which I may not have rehydrated).

Food Log

Breakfast
3:10pm: Purple-green protein smoothie with home-made almond milk, kefir, large organic egg, chia gel, blueberries, kale, spinach, celery, whey powder (24g protein), coconut oil, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, moringa leaf powder, fo ti, cinnamon, turmeric, vanilla extract, Dr. Gundry's Vital Reds and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch
10:10pm: 

Cabbage, chard, kale, spinach, roasted turkey breast, shaved Parmesan cheese, walnuts, hard-boiled eggs and balsamic vinaigrette.

Dinner
1:00am: A Quest bar and cottage cheese.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 72+ oz.; 

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#2129: Wednesday, August 15

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Post 2129
- 7 years and 227 days since I started this blog -

  

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      204.8 lbs.

Previous Weight (8/14/18):           206.7 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 1.9 lbs.

Diet Comment

My recovery continues. Even though I went off-plan a bit at 'breakfast', I did manage a bit of a fast yesterday, having my first food at 6pm, and ate very lightly afterwards.

Food Log

Breakfast
5:00pm: A Quest bar.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
12:20am: A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 54+ oz.; A glass of hard cider

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#2128: Tuesday, August 14

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Post 2128
- 7 years and 226 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      206.7 lbs.

Previous Weight (8/13/18):           208.5 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 1.8 lbs.

  

Diet Comment

I ate so badly over the weekend that yesterday's bad but light eating still has me losing weight.

Food Log

Breakfast
6:00pm, at Limp Lizard BBQ:

Cowboy salad: Grilled chicken, field greens, black bean salad, onions, tomatoes, cheese, southwest ranch dressing, pita points. Not shown: Cornbread. 

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
1:00am: Two Quest bars.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 54+ oz.; 

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